Passengers of the Christian

Master John White Voyage of 1635

This table details the roll of passengers of the Christian,
which sailed from London in March, 1634/35, Julian calendar, bound for
New England. The ship arrived safe at Massachusetts Bay, although some of the
persons listed below may not have debarked. The rolls represent persons who
were ready to embark at the date of record, which often preceded the actual
sailing by several weeks. Some may have decided not to sail. Some servants may
have run away. And there usually was some loss of life among the passengers
from disease and malnutrition during the passage.

This information was transcribed in the 19th century by Michael
Tepper from records found at the Public Rolls Office, London.

For each common date of record, groupings of persons in consecutive
order in the roll often indicate some relation by kinship, household or town
origin. Either the persons were present in person before the scribe at that
time and queued up in their natural groupings to enroll, or the documents of
fealty arrived to the scribe from particular sources and were registered in
order as received.

Spelling and Abbreviations:

The surnames are spelled as Savage, Tepper and their English
collaborators could best decipher the old handwritten passenger rolls. Expect
a few mistakes in interpretation, as well as errors by the original 16th century
scribe. Savage's later corrections have been used. These spellings are antique
and often curious, so if you are searching a particular name, try all imaginable
variations.

We have generally given prenames their modern spelling. In
many cases the spelling of a prename was unusual or doubtful, or the interpretation
of the original abbreviated form is uncertain. If so we have left it as originally
recorded. This is most notably the case for the abbreviation "Jo:" which can
mean either John or Joseph or perhaps other names. Where a given name beginning
with the letters "Jo..." is fully spelled out here, it was found that way in
the original, or the intention is otherwise certain. Variants of "Anne" have
been left as in the original, since many times "Hannah" is meant. Elisa may
mean Elizabeth. "Francis" was nearly always spelled the same and might be male
or female. Recall that Christian and Bennett were usually female names in those
times.

NOTE: All passengers recorded as sworn at St. Mildred Bredstreet, London.